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Hakea (Hakea) is a genus of 149 species of shrubs and small trees in the Proteaceae, native to Australia. They are found throughout the country, with the highest species diversity being found in the south west of Western Australia. They can reach 1-6 m in height, and have spirally arranged leaves 2-20 cm long, simple or compound, sometimes (e.g. H. suaveolens) with the leaflets thin cylindrical and rush-like. The flowers are produced in dense flowerheads of variable shape, globose to cylindrical, 3-10 cm long, with numerous small red, yellow, pink, purple, pale blue or white flowers.
Hakeas are named after Baron Christian Ludwig von Hake, the 18th century German patron of botany, following Heinrich Schrader's description of Hakea teretifolia in 1797.
[edit] Classification
Hakeas are closely related to the genus Grevillea and Finschia, both members of the subfamily Grevilleoideae within the family Proteaceae. Many species have similar inflorescences, but hakeas can be distinguished by their woody seed pods.
[edit] Horticulture
Hakeas are popular ornamental plants in gardens in Australia, though not nearly as commonly seen as grevilleas and banksias. Several hybrids and cultivars have been developed. They are best grown in beds of light soil which is watered but still well drained.
Some showy western species, such as Hakea multilineata, H. francisiana and H. bucculenta, require grafting onto hardy stock such as Hakea salicifolia for growing in more humid climates, as they are sensitive to dieback.
Many species, particularly (but not always) Eastern Australian species, are notable for their hardiness, to the point they have become weedy. Hakea gibbosa, H. sericea and H. drupacea (previously H. suaveolens) have been weeds in South Africa, Hakea laurina has become naturalized around Adelaide.
[edit] Species
- Hakea actites (Mulloway Needlebush, Wallum Hakea)
- Hakea aculeata (Column Hakea)
- Hakea acuminata
- Hakea adnata
- Hakea aenigma
- Hakea ambigua
- Hakea amplexicaulis (Prickly Hakea)
- Hakea anadenia
- Hakea arborescens (Yellow Hakea, Arrarruwurra (Groote Eylandt), Derinding (Kununurra))
- Hakea archaeoides
- Hakea auriculata
- Hakea bakeriana
- Hakea baxteri (Fan Hakea)
- Hakea bicornata
- Hakea brachyptera
- Hakea brownii (Fan-leaf Hakea)
- Hakea bucculenta (Red Pokers)
- Hakea candolleana
- Hakea carinata
- Hakea ceratophylla (Staghorn Hakea)
- Hakea chordophylla (Bootlace Oak, Bull Oak)
- Hakea cinerea
- Hakea circumalata
- Hakea clavata (Coastal Hakea)
- Hakea collina
- Hakea commutata
- Hakea conchifolia
- Hakea constablei
- Hakea corymbosa (Cauliflower Hakea)
- Hakea costata (Ribbed Hakea)
- Hakea crassifolia
- Hakea cristata
- Hakea cucullata (Scallops Hakea)
- Hakea cyclocarpa (Curved Fruit Hakea)
- Hakea cycloptera (Elm-seed Hakea)
- Hakea cygna
- Hakea dactyloides (Broad-leaved Hakea)
- Hakea denticulata (Stinking Roger)
- Hakea decurrens
- Hakea divaricata (Corkbark)
- Hakea dohertyi
- Hakea drupacea (previously H. suaveolens)
- Hakea elliptica (Oval-leaf Halea)
- Hakea edneiana (Flinders Range Hakea, Yantana, Yandena)
- Hakea eneabba
- Hakea epiglottis
- Hakea erecta
- Hakea eriantha (Tree Hakea)
- Hakea erinacea (Hedgehog Hakea)
- Hakea eyreana (Straggly Corkbark, Fork-leaved Ironwood)
- Hakea falcata
- Hakea ferruginea
- Hakea flabellifolia (Wedge Hakea)
- Hakea florida (Summer Snow)
- Hakea florulenta (Sweet-scented Hakea)
- Hakea francisiana (Grass Leaf Hakea)
- Hakea fraseri
- Hakea gibbosa (Hairy Hakea, Rock Hakea)
- Hakea gilbertii
- Hakea grammatophylla
- Hakea hastata
- Hakea hookeriana (Barren Range Hakea)
- Hakea horrida
- Hakea ilicifolia (Holly-leaved Hakea)
- Hakea incrassata (Marble Hakea)
- Hakea invaginata
- Hakea ivoryi (Ivory's Hakea, Corkbark Corkwood)
- Hakea kippistiana
- Hakea laevipes
- Hakea lasiantha (Woolly Hakea)
- Hakea lasianthoides
- Hakea laurina (Pincushion Hakea)
- Hakea lehmanniana (Blue Hakea)
- Hakea leucoptera (Needlewood Hakea, Ilpeye (Arrernte))
- Hakea linearis
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- Hakea lissocarpha (Honeybush Hakea)
- Hakea lissosperma (Mountain Needlewood)
- Hakea longiflora
- Hakea loranthifolia
- Hakea lorea (Bootlace Tree)
- Hakea maconochieana
- Hakea macraeana (Willow Needlewood)
- Hakea macrorhyncha
- Hakea marginata
- Hakea megadenia
- Hakea megalosperma (Lesueur Hakea)
- Hakea meisneriana
- Hakea microcarpa (Small fruit Hakea, Adam's Needle)
- Hakea minyma
- Hakea mitchellii
- Hakea muelleriana (Desert Hakea)
- Hakea multilineata (Grass-leaved Hakea)
- Hakea myrtoides
- Hakea neurophylla
- Hakea newbeyana
- Hakea nitida
- Hakea nodosa (Yellow Hakea)
- Hakea obliqua (Needles & Corks)
- Hakea obtusa
- Hakea ochroptera
- Hakea oleifolia (Olive-leaf Hakea)
- Hakea orthorrhyncha (Bird Beak Hakea)
- Hakea pachyphylla
- Hakea pandanicarpa
- Hakea pedunculata
- Hakea pendens
- Hakea persiehana
- Hakea petiolaris (Sea Urchin Hakea)
- Hakea platysperma (Cricket Ball Hakea)
- Hakea plurinervia
- Hakea polyanthema
- Hakea preissii (Christmas Hakea)
- Hakea pritzelii
- Hakea propinqua
- Hakea prostrata (Harsh Hakea)
- Hakea psilorrhyncha
- Hakea pulvinifera
- Hakea purpurea
- Hakea pycnoneura
- Hakea recurva (Standback)
- Hakea repullulans
- Hakea rhombales
- Hakea rigida
- Hakea rostrata (Beaked Hakea, Turkey Gobblers, Kidney Bush)
- Hakea rugosa (Dwarf hakea, Wrinkled Hakea)
- Hakea ruscifolia (Candle Spike Hakea)
- Hakea salicifolia (Willow-leaved Hakea)
- Hakea scoparia
- Hakea sericea (Needlebush)
- Hakea smilacifolia
- Hakea spathulata
- Hakea standleyensis
- Hakea stenocarpa
- Hakea stenophylla
- Hakea strumosa
- Hakea subsulcata
- Hakea sulcata
- Hakea teretifolia (Dagger Hakea)
- Hakea tephrosperma (Hooked Needlewood, Striped Hakea)
- Hakea trifurcata (Two-leaf Hakea)
- Hakea trineura
- Hakea tuberculata
- Hakea undulata
- Hakea ulicina
- Hakea varia (Variable Leaved Hakea)
- Hakea verrucosa
- Hakea victoria (Royal Hakea)
- Hakea vittata
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[edit] References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
- Barker WR, Barker RM, Haegi L (1999). "Hakea", in Wilson, Annette (ed.): Flora of Australia: Volume 17B: Proteaceae 3: Hakea to Dryandra. CSIRO Publishing / Australian Biological Resources Study, 1–170. ISBN 0-643-06454-0.
- Young, J. (2000). Hakeas of Western Australia: Botanical Districts of IRWIN and DARLING: The Northern Sandplains and The South-west Forest. ISBN 0-9585778-0-3
[edit] External links
Hakea corymbosa from southwest WA
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Hakea petiolaris from southwest WA
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Hakea bakeriana from NSW Central Coast
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Hakea archaeoides, from NSW North Coast
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Hakea seed pod, ACT, Aust.
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